Recommend me book(s) about the law

i'm 2/3 way through a post grad law degree in australia, so my recommendations may not be what you are after as your legal education might be quite different. however, i recommend you find a judge in a superior court who you admire, or a politician - someone like that, particularly if while still in practice they specialised in an area of law you think you might be interested in, and read their biography. that is a good way to find out if the principles and work of the profession are what you are interested in, and usually they are aimed at non-lawyer audiences so you don't need a legal education to enjoy them.

if you want a humourous read and are into the history and origins of your legal system (which, though i think you are in the US, are much like the origins of the australian legal system), you could try and find 'uncommon law' by AP Herbert, which was published in 1935 - i think it is a collection of serial articles from a newspaper or something. anyways it is a collection of fictional case notes, which are pretty funny and surprisingly relevant to the modern legal system and its strengths and weaknesses.

I'm reading for a blind woman who is prepping for the LSATs, and she recently took this book out of the library, and I read her a bit on applying to law school; it also has a thorough and, seemingly, frank look at what attending law school is like, as well as a primer on things like "what's a tort anyway?"

I realize that's not necessarily what you're asking for here, but I recommend it (from what little I read, as someone who has certainly never gone or wanted to go to law school but who has talked with lawyers about what their experiences were like) in addition to the sort of book you're describing (which, outside of "20 Greatest Supreme Court Cases!" type books, I can't really think of any).

how do you get a job reading for blind people? it sounds awesome. is it volunteer work?

Craigslist. It is not volunteer work, but it perhaps might as well be. It is awesome (she's a nice person to work with) but hours of reading can be exhausting and eventually the LSAT becomes a bit tedious (especially if you're sitting there thinking "Come on! It's so easy!") (but keep in mind that because she's getting the test through a reader, she gets double time -- which does make it easier for me to figure out the answers).

I used to volunteer at Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic when I lived in Phoenix. I was generally a director (running the recording equipment and following along with the reader to make sure nothing was skipped), but qualified to read after about 6 months. It's hard work, and makes me doubly-appreciative when RJM reads aloud to me.

Reminds me of La Letrice :)

Scott Turow's One L is pretty poorly written but compelling nonetheless -- he tells about his first year at Harvard Law School.

Jaq, I used to have a job doing the exact same thing (it was a company that did stuff for the Library of Congress's division of services for the blind).

Try Gideon's Trumpet by Anthony Lewis -- it's a great read about an important case.

oh that law school confidential book is pretty good, i got it out of the library. it's not about the law, basically law school only (a little bit about getting jobs), but it's actually a real page-turner! it also has priceless advice like don't talk about your grades and don't sleep with your professors.